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* Readme file for "New Evidence Reveals Curvilinear Relationship between Levels of Democracy and Deforestation"                   *
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* DATA FILES USED IN STATA MP (VERSION 18.0) *
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1- "qog_std_ts_jan23_stata14.dta": analysis data set used to perform most analyses reported in in the manuscript and the SI.

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* DATA FILES USED IN R (VERSION 4.4.1) *
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1- "Deforestation.dta": analysis data set used to estimate Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) in the SI.

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* COMMAND FILE IN STATA MP (VERSION 18.0) FORMAT *
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1- "Final Analysis Revised.do": commands to be used with the data file "qog_std_ts_jan23_stata14.dta" to reproduce the following:

- Most tables and graphs in the main manuscript.
- Most tables and graphs in the SI.

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* COMMAND FILE IN R (VERSION 18.0) FORMAT *
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1- "GAM R.r": commands to be used with the data file "Deforestation.dta" to reproduce the following:

- Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) in the SI
